2021, Château Certan de May, POMEROLBordeaux Blend: Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot. The 2021 Certan de May offers up aromas of sweet cherries and berries mingled with hints of violets, rose petals and nicely integrated new oak. Medium to full bodied, velvety and fleshy, with lively acids and ripe, powdery tannins, I suspect it will flesh out with further levage to become even more impressive. The blend incorporates fully 37% Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon, a figure

85 Neal Martin

Plenty of bright pineapple and apricot flavours

and menthol

I expected more here

Great power

Grilled herbs

Broader in the mouth than the straight Savagnin Ouillé

and not as massive as it can be in some years

as the wine had only been racked into amphora shortly prior to this tasting

Savoury garrigue

cracked pepper

Modest weight